Ten years on ART - Where to now?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-230

  Evans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MORTALITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COINFECTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84875585867     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6835     Document Type: Editorial

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